_____
_____
______
______
______
Air
______
Another cold brush,
and things get more
complex
with a chapped face.
______
______
Beg
______
Depending on your
place, people are always
begging:
______
on knees, sitting down,
standing up,
______
and pointing.
______
______
City
______
City is another word
for loneliness, collected.
_______
A fabulous intention,
made slightly less so
because no one was given
directions
on how to really use it
in common conversation.
_______
_______
Dreams
_______
ebb and break
well beyond the mind
itself
or the body they’re
held in,
______
in the morning
_______
_______
Eager
_______
to do something
new
_______
_______
Fine
_______
I am, you are,
we are
_______
(for the most part,
at least)
_______
_______
Girls
_______
Give out more
praise
then boys do
_______
because boys
are so stupid
________
and need someone
to be a mother
________
and arrogance
doesn’t come cheap
________
________
Help
________
is another name
for begging
______
(only less tawdry,
more inclined to
get results, which
is all we’re looking for)
_______
_______
Into
_______
it all,
regardless
_______
_______
Jerk
_______
off with a head,
or a tongue, wagging,
like a dog licking
the parts it doesn’t
have names for
_______
_______
Kindness
______
To strangers, it’s expected.
______
To everyone else,
it’s allowed, appreciated,
______
and so rarely felt.
______
______
Love
______
comes singing,
like a bird
______
(but only when
you put enough
seed
in the feeder)
______
______
Medication
______
stops the heart
or
helps the heart
or
______
some other kind
of bullshit
______
______
No
______
3rd time’s
the charm.
______
______
Open, Much
______
the window?
______
what window?
______
______
Pushing
______
your way
onto the
train
is the only
way
to get on
the train.
______
______
Questions?
______
There is such
a thing
as “stupid”.
_____
_____
Rude
_____
Don’t be,
no, please,
_____
allow me.
_____
_____
Stump
______
Here is what
is left,
______
the stump,
where the
edge
once was.
_____
_____
Truth
_____
What are
you talkin’ to
me about
truth for?
_______
No, no, no.
_______
Please, Larry…
_______
_______
Untold Truths
______
[left untold]
__
______
Voyeur
______
I’m watching
you
watching
her
watching
him
watching
me
______
and no one
says
a word.
______
And this
is the tragedy
of living today.
______
______
Wars With Turks
______
Popes always
do it
doggy-style.
______
______
Xenophobia
______
I hate you
you hate me
we're a fearful
family
_____
with a great big shrug or a
turn of me from you
______
wont you say you
hate me too!
_______
I hate you
you hate me
we're best enemies
as any could be
_______
with a great big shrug or a
turn of me from you
_______
won’t you say you
hate me too!
______
______
“You”
______
and a one-a
and a two-a
and a three-a
etc.
______
______
Zoo
______
What we’re in,
watching ourselves,
_______
and laughing
at how
funny
we look.
______
______
______
______
______
______
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